William R. Toler/The Richmond Observer Esther Jones was wheeled into her new home late Friday morning by the man who saved her life: state Rep. Dean Arp. “This is beautiful,” she said as Arp pushed her through the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home built just a few miles south at the Cavco facility in the Richmond County […]
Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Dueling civil lawsuits have landed Shining Rock Classical Academy charter school in the crosshairs of an emotional court trial in Haywood County. On one side, parents, former staff and a former board member have portrayed Head of School Josh Morgan as a controlling leader who is unkind to students, creates a […]
Daniel Sheehan/Wilmington StarNews New Hanover County purchased the 60-acre Bryan Tract for $11.6 million to create a community greenspace. The county’s two-thirds ownership stake reduced their cost to $3.86 million, funded without raising property taxes. Future development is possible for several large properties, including the 65-acre Beau Rivage tract and a 76-acre industrial site. The […]
One of the co-sponsors of the House’s omnibus housing-development bill says he worked out a deal to scale back the proposal to set statewide by-right residential density minimums. House Deputy Majority Whip Jake Johnson, R-Polk, said House Bill 765’s density minimums would now “only apply to the counties with populations over 275,000 people in the […]
Wolfspeed has warned investors that it may need to pursue “out-of-court or in-court” options to restructure its debt, which implies that a bankruptcy proceeding of some sort may be in its future. Via its third-quarter report, the Durham-based chipmaker says it’s working with consultants to consider “a number of strategic alternatives,” which “include, but are […]
Toyota’s leaders say the Trump administration’s tariffs are going to cost their company more than $1.2 billion in just the first two months of its 2025-26 fiscal year. The estimate covers April and May, the fiscal year for Toyota and most of Japan’s other businesses, starting on April 1 to March 31 of the following […]
It wouldn’t be crossover without some shenanigans, and this week the House provided them. Rep. John Blust, R-Guilford, asked colleagues to approve a local bill that would award Stokesdale a share of Guilford County’s sales-tax revenue distributions even though it wouldn’t normally qualify. Stokesdale doesn’t have a property tax, which since 2003 has meant it […]
Senators passed and sent on to the House a watered-down version of a bill that bars state-chartered banks and financial institutions from discriminating against farmers in their lending. As rewritten in committee, Senate Bill 554 forbids lending institutions from denying or canceling service to farmers based in any way on their greenhouse gas emissions, use […]
Despite a warning from the NC Chamber that it’s scoring their votes, a near-unanimous House agreed Wednesday that PFAS manufacturers should have to compensate downstream water systems for pollution-control costs. House Bill 569 would assign to Department of Environment Quality Secretary Reid Wilson and his successor the authority to decide whether repayment is in order […]
John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog Western North Carolina’s congressional representative and a state senator pushing a bold Helene-related recovery plan are at loggerheads over the bill’s potential effects, with both issuing barbed statements about the other’s take on the proposal. U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards says a state bill sponsored by Republican state Sen. Tim Moffitt that would […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily A general aviation project is now in a holding pattern as two of the airport’s tenants seek relief from Superior Court and the Federal Aviation Administration. ARQ Realty has pulled back on its plans to construct a 30-acre private-aircraft base at Wilmington International Airport after airport leadership refused to approve ARQ’s […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review North Carolinians whose raw drinking water sources are contaminated with chemical compounds will have to wait at least another two months before proposed rules establishing monitoring requirements for dischargers go out for public comment. The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission’s Water Quality Committee unanimously voted earlier this week to wait to present […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Canton’s toilets will continue to flush thanks to an agreement born of urgency but put on paper with cooperation and cautious optimism. After a closed session discussion on May 8, the Town of Canton Board of Aldermen/Women approved an interim agreement with Two Banks Development to ensure the continued treatment of […]
Kristen Blair/Education NC More than 1,500 students have enrolled or been offered seats at 10 new North Carolina charter schools expected to open this fall. Enrollment numbers for these “Ready to Open” (RTO) schools were presented for the first time to the North Carolina Charter Schools Review Board (CSRB) on Monday, May 5. If all […]
Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Damage repair from Helene is picking up steam in Maggie Valley. Town alderman recently approved more than $400,000 in contracts for three storm-related projects with the bulk of the money going for two sewer projects. The biggest fix is a $332,000 project to repair damage to sewer infrastructure around the Low […]
